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read moreCheck in the first Monday of every month to see what the monthly challenge is all about! We will provide a video of the activity, everything from what you need and how to conduct the challenge. Send in your videos or pictures with your final result!. Well, so are we, but we may have just stumbled on the cure. Equipped with a list of 100 "fun" activities for teens, we're going to see how many we can get through, make fools of ourselves, pick up some new skills and maybe even have a little f. The Super Bowl is much more than a football game, and as you might know, it is the only sports event that impacts every community in the United States.

read morePlace a hold through the online library catalog or by calling us at 217-753-4900 ext 5630. You will receive a text or email notification once the hold is ready for pickup (usually within 24 to 48 hours). You may set up a curbside appointment after you receive notification that your materials are ready for pickup. When making your appointment, please let us know your first and last name, library card number, and preferred time to pick up your items. Appointment times are in hourly increments from 10AM to 4:45PM.

read morePrinting is available from the library's public computers for 25 cents per page for black and white and 50 cents per page for color. Wireless printing is available in the library or from home at the same prices. You will be sent a confirmation email for your print job. Use your email address to retrieve your documents at the print release station near the second floor public computers.

read moreA startlingly imaginative exploration of the African diaspora in Europe, by one of our most acclaimed international writers. His new novel Travelers is a life-changing encounter with those who have been uprooted by war or aspiration, fear or hope. A Nigerian graduate student who has made his home in America knows what it means to strike out for new shores. When his wife proposes that he accompany her to Berlin, where she has been awarded a prestigious arts fellowship, he has his reservations: I knew every departure is a death, every return a rebirth.

read moreLincoln Library offers free home delivery to any person who is temporarily or permanently unable to come to the library because of illness, disability or other factors, and lives within Springfield's corporate limits. If you live outside the corporate limits and are not served by another library, you may still qualify for service by paying the annual non-resident fee. Deliveries are generally made once every two weeks to homes, and once every four weeks to high-rises and retirement communities.

read moreJolenta and Kristen are the hosts of the funny and insightful podcast, By the Book. In each episode, they read a chosen self-help book, spend two weeks living by the book's guidelines, and then offer their opinions of the book's premise. When they had read and lived by 50 different books, they decided to write one of their own. How to be Fine highlights what they learned from their experiment. On a snowy December night in London, Laurie James looks out the window of her bus and sees him-- the man she's convinced, in that split second, is the one.

read moreThe Lincoln Library is seeking an individual to manage the Access Services Division. Coordinate current activities while planning and recommending appropriate new methods and policies. Establish standards and procedures for circulation, periodicals, customer account maintenance and outreach, check-in/checkout and delivery of materials, material selection and interlibrary loans. Perform and direct highly complex and varied tasks requiring independent knowledge, its application and exercise of independent judgment.

read moreResident: A Lincoln Library card is free to all residents of Capital Township who are age 5 and older. Details on what to bring to obtain your card can be found here. Non-resident: If you aren't a resident of Capital Township you may be eligible to obtain a Lincoln Library card for an $85 fee. This grants you the same access as a resident card for one year. Replacement: To obtain a replacement Lincoln Library card, please contact our circulation staff through our Contact Us form. Student: Lincoln Library and Springfield School District 186 have partnered to provide FREE eCards to all K-12 students who live within District 186 boundaries.